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Day 10: Tue, 6/9/2015: Gaming and participatory media


Play:
  • Predicting, competing
  • Turn taking
  • Concentrating
  • Emotions

Mechanics:
  • Rules: X and O
  • Turn taking
  • Concession

Game play:
  • Game board
  • Rules stay consistent
  • Objective

Overview of Serious Games

Playing a Game
  • Data Dealer -- discover what data can be hacked (Web-based Demo, Non-Flash)
  • Sweatshop -- play the role of a worker in a sweatshop (Web-based, Flash)
  • EndGame: Syria -- solve the conflicts in the Syrian civil war (Download App in iOS or Android)
  • Against All Odds -- about the experience of refugees (Web-based, Flash)
  • Enercities -- manage a modern city (Requires Download on Computer)
  • Oikonopolis -- manage economics and monetary policy (iOS or Android)
  • Many games: iCivics or Annenberg Classroom (US Government)

Basic Programming

Coding is like writing...
  • Building a sequence (just as you would build narrative or an argument)
  • Decisions, provide information
  • You have to start with a target in mind, and then build the main points and details
  • Templates/transitions -- see patterns

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Homework

  • Essay Final Draft revised through Write Lab (make sure that you review all comments from WriteLab, then revise/resolve or discard) -- due Tonight, June 9 (Day 10) at midnight.
  • Journal #4 -- was due on Monday, June 8 (Day 9). Now will be due on Wed, June 10 (Day 11) at 5:00
    • This week, we are wrapping up your essays, projects, and our entire course. For Wednesday, please consider the following questions about what you have learned and how you plan to change your relationship with media and technology:
      • What is one significant technology skill that we have learned that you didn't know before our class? For instance, you might want to write about using Google Docs, Citelighter, Today's Meet, Meme Generator, or any other app or website. What did you like about this technology and why is it important to you?
      • What is one significant literacy skill that we have learned that you didn't know before our class? For instance, you might want to write about collaborating, curating, participating, engaging, communicating, creating, or some other action. What did you learn about this activity? How are you able to do something new with your digital literacy that you were not able to before?
      • Taken together, how do you see this skill and this activity working for you in the future? What do you plan to do with your new knowledge about digital writing and learning?
  • Journal #5 -- was due on Wed, June 10 (Day 11). Now will be due on Thur, June 11 (Day 12) at 5:00
    • Source Analysis Assignment